What is a wireless sensor network?
Wireless sensor networking is an exciting new technology that allows for true ad-hoc mesh networking of tiny little sensor devices. This technology is made possible by new advances in low-powered computing as well as the miniaturization of popular sensor components. The result is a technology that extends the internet beyond the PC to the physical world, allowing computers to sense and monitor physical assets and the world around them. This technology is likely to be a disruptive technology by changing the way people work and live. The CNET article Building a Wireless Nervous System provides and excellent insight into the future potential of this technology.
